...I have always done well in my English classes and continue to enjoy both reading and writing. I often write as a hobby, and have attended writer's conferences as an adult as well. Physics has fascinated me since I picked up a book on particle physics in sixth grade that had concepts I didn't see again until I got to college. (read more)
...This includes underlining key passages of the text, making notes in the margin about material in the text that one doesn't understand so that one has a record of questions to ask the teacher/professor. Working problems for which one answers, whether they be examples in the text or problems for which their are answers in the back of the text. And so on. (read more)